Dog the Bounty Hunter was arrested

He went to Mexico to bring a convicted serial rapist back to the states. He didn't tell the Mexican govt he was doing it. It was illegal in Mexico for him to bring someone back to the US, it's considered kidnapping. Dog was arrested and is going to be extradited to Mexico to face charges. W T F is wrong with this picture???!!!

http://www.nndb.com/people/384/000085129/


HONOLULU -- TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested Thursday in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters' capture three years ago of a cosmetics company heir.

Chapman, son Leland Chapman and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody and did not resist arrest, said Mark Hanohano, U.S. Marshal for the district of Hawaii. "It went down without incident," Hanohano said.

Mona K. Wood, a publicist for the star of the popular cable series "Dog The Bounty Hunter," said Chapman would be vindicated. "He arrests the bad guys - and he is definitely not one of them," she said.

The charges stem from Chapman's capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, said Marshals spokeswoman Nikki Credic in Washington.

Chapman's capture of Luster, who had fled the country while on trial on charges he raped three women, catapulted the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on A&E.

Chapman, shackled at his ankles and wearing a blue muscle T-shirt at his first court appearance Thursday, said the government was jealous of his success in hunting down criminals.

"You see what the American government is doing to us? They throw us in jail," Chapman said in a federal courtroom. "I'm so upset about this."

The three are being held in Honolulu. Bail has not been set. They will face an extradition hearing to Mexico under terms of treaties between the U.S. and Mexico, Credic said.



Chapman's son Leland, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, no relation, assist Chapman in exploits chronicled for the TV show around the Hawaiian Islands. The show focuses on Chapman's family as much as the bounty hunting, which generally involves tracking down bail jumpers, often creating emotional scenes with repentant captives.

Charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned to Puerto Vallarta for their court hearing on July 15, 2003, Credic said.

Mexican authorities demanded that the Chapmans transfer Luster to Mexican police. Their refusal to do so led to their initial arrest.

A U.S. warrant for their arrest was signed by a federal judge in Honolulu on Wednesday.

Chapman's wife, Beth, said he didn't do anything wrong.

"If Duane has to return to Mexico to take care of any misunderstanding, then that's what he will do," she said outside the courthouse.

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wow!!!!!

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I posted this on the celebrity board

but what is wrong with the US judge that signed off on the warrent

Dog risked his life and the lives of his son and brother to bring back a wanted American

give me a break

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Posted by KPtoys

Posted by Beth1210

I posted this on the celebrity board

but what is wrong with the US judge that signed off on the warrent

Dog risked his life and the lives of his son and brother to bring back a wanted American

give me a break

Sorry for the repost

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i already replied on hte other thread, but..... being arrested for arressting a RAPIST. yeah, THAT makes sense

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-- Cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, the subject of an international manhunt after fleeing in the middle of his trial on rape charges, was captured in Mexico by a bounty hunter, the FBI confirmed Wednesday.

U.S. officials are working with Mexican officials to bring Luster to California where he was convicted while on the run.

Luster, 39, is being held in a Mexican jail after a fight outside a Puerto Vallarta nightclub Tuesday night led to his arrest, police said.

In California, Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks said his office would take custody of Luster after he's brought back to the United States by federal agents.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Ralph Boelter said it's not yet clear if Luster will be deported or if authorities will have to mount an extradition process to get him back.

His arrest came in dramatic fashion early Wednesday morning while a legal liaison for the FBI was en route from Guadalajara, Mexico, to Puerto Vallarta to follow up on a tip from an American couple.

The couple had been in contact with Luster while on vacation, according to Boelter, and identified him while sharing vacation pictures with a friend. The couple then contacted bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and later the FBI, Boelter said.

Chapman found Luster first and was arrested along with four others, including a television camera crew, who were traveling with him.

Police in Mexico are holding Chapman, his two sons and two members of the crew, said Puerto Vallarta police spokesman Sebastian Zavala.

Luster was spotted Tuesday night in a nightclub by Chapman, a Honolulu-based bounty hunter, said Beth Smith, an executive assistant at Duane Chapman's Bail Bonds. Smith also said Chapman detained Luster and then contacted the FBI and Mexican authorities but her story differs from official accounts.

Zavala said police were summoned after reports of a fight outside a nightclub in the resort city on Mexico's Pacific coast. Witnesses reported that the people involved in the melee fled in two sport utility vehicles, which police stopped a short time later.

Luster, who was carrying identification with the name David Carrera, was identified from photographs, Zavala said. Chapman told police his objective was to capture Luster and return him to the United States, and the TV crew was on hand to record the capture of the wealthy fugitive.

According to police, an aerosol solution was used to subdue Luster.

The six are being held while Mexican federal prosecutors and police sort out what happened, Zavala said.

In addition to Luster and Chapman, Mexican police said they were holding Chapman's sons Tim, 38, and Leland, 36, along with Jeff Darren Sells, 35, and Boris L. Krutonog, 41.

Bounty hunter 'Dog' says it's personal
Chapman began searching for Luster January 5, one day after he disappeared from home detention while out on $1 million bond. At the time, Luster was on trial in Ventura County, facing 86 charges for allegedly raping three women after drugging them with GHB, the so-called date rape drug.

Police said they found videotapes of Luster having sex with unconscious women. Luster's lawyers insisted the acts were consensual and that he was an aspiring pornography director. But after he fled during the trial, the jury convicted him in absentia, and he was sentenced to 124 years in prison.

Luster lawyer Roger Diamond said he's already appealed his client's conviction, and disputed that some of the women in the videotapes were drugged and were unwilling participants in the sexual acts.

"They all took drugs together, this was a mutually enjoyable experience," he told CNN's Anderson Cooper.

Luster is the great-grandson of Max Factor, who built a cosmetics empire in the 1920s that catered to the Hollywood movie industry.

Luster's disappearance set off a national and international manhunt by California police, the FBI and bounty hunters trying to recoup some of the bond money.

Chapman, who claims to have captured more than 6,000 fugitives, told Court TV that his pursuit of Luster had become "personal."

"I'm a bounty hunter, this is the number one fugitive in America, and I'm on his ***," Chapman said. "This one has become personal. If one of the victims comes up to me and says, 'Dog, thank you,' that's it. I'm paid."

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Ok, Luster is one sic man. Dog did the people of Mexico a service. They should have a parade in his honor, not arrest him!!

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full story

they are basically mad b/c this made Dog rich and famous

the mexican government wants there cut of the $1M bounty- for sure

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Posted by Beth1210

Posted by KPtoys

Posted by Beth1210

I posted this on the celebrity board

but what is wrong with the US judge that signed off on the warrent

Dog risked his life and the lives of his son and brother to bring back a wanted American

give me a break

Sorry for the repost

I didn't post the orginal post- just my comments- I just got into his show- and I am really upset about this

but has he really been arrested that many times? and for murder?

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Posted by Kirsten

Posted by Beth1210

Posted by KPtoys

Posted by Beth1210

I posted this on the celebrity board

but what is wrong with the US judge that signed off on the warrent

Dog risked his life and the lives of his son and brother to bring back a wanted American

give me a break

Sorry for the repost

I didn't post the orginal post- just my comments- I just got into his show- and I am really upset about this

but has he really been arrested that many times? and for murder?

yes he did time in Texas for murder but what happened was he was driving the get a way car during a robbery and the other guy killed the store owner/worker. So basically since dog drove the car he was part of the murder.

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Posted by IluvBo

Posted by Kirsten

Posted by Beth1210

Posted by KPtoys

Posted by Beth1210

I posted this on the celebrity board

but what is wrong with the US judge that signed off on the warrent

Dog risked his life and the lives of his son and brother to bring back a wanted American

give me a break

Sorry for the repost

I didn't post the orginal post- just my comments- I just got into his show- and I am really upset about this

but has he really been arrested that many times? and for murder?

yes he did time in Texas for murder but what happened was he was driving the get a way car during a robbery and the other guy killed the store owner/worker. So basically since dog drove the car he was part of the murder.

Yes and he's turned his life completely around and now he's doing the right thing. Now here he is, getting arrested. What is this government doing. Dog's one of the good guys now, why mess with him? JEALOUSY!

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I watch his show too. I think it is wonderful how he turned his life around. YEars and years back he was arrested for murder. It wasn't until he got locked up that he turned his life around. He talks of it a lot in his show.

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